"Michael Brown, director of the Federal Emergency Management Agency, sought the approval from Homeland Security Secretary Mike Chertoff roughly five hours after Katrina made landfall on Aug. 29. Brown said that among duties of these employees was to "convey a positive image" about the government's response for victims. "
Do you remember on Star Trek how you could tell which no name actors were the "expendables".
Accept their resignations immediately.
Of course I'm sure you meant publicly praise and perhaps even reward them for doing more than you or others around here could possibly imagine.
If we are going to ask for resignations we should start with the governor and the mayor they are the real idiots here.